"We may be able to conquer the world wearing spandex," Jones wrote. "But wouldn't it be easier to do so in pants that don't threaten to show every dimple and roll in every woman over 30?"

Overwhelmingly readers responded saying, no, in fact, life without yoga pants would not be easier. In fact, most people — especially women — saw the argument as simply absurd, and they took to social media to say just that.

The crux of Jones' argument is that women wear yoga pants to be sexy, something that should not be expected of anyone while they're working out.

But women provided many other reasons to wear yoga pants and leggings — namely, that they're comfortable and practical.

"Somehow you are missing the point of how much easier it is to run, to contort, to move in any way, with pants that are streamlined," reads the top comment on The New York Times' Facebook post about the article.

While Jones frames her argument as a pro-women, feminist take, many saw the anti-yoga-pants op-ed as part of a larger trend of demonizing anything feminine.